Even the propaganda sucks.

Rule 10 Submission Statement: Even the propaganda sucks.

They couldn't find an accurate picture for the United States Air Force? Or does the USAF have aircraft carriers, now?

The United States Navy Fifth Fleet Headquarters might be inclined to disagree with the claim that missile defense is "100% operational" as well as the sixteen bases in the region that sustained serious damage from drone and missile strikes.

The last time they said Iran's air defenses were completely destroyed, just a few days later, an F-15 and A-10 were shot down, on the same day.

They keep parroting this line about their naval and air forces being destroyed, but it ignores reality. Iran made a conscious decision, years ago, to abandon their traditional surface fleet and Air Force. Their "mosquito fleet" is their navy and their drone fleet is their Air Force.

Notice what is missing, from this picture? There isn't even a claim that Iran's missile forces are destroyed. Iran has a dedicated missile corps that is it's own military branch.

The administration wants you to keep looking at this through the context of if this war were being fought in 1945. But it's not. It's being fought in 2026 and the landscape of warfare has changed.

If their air and naval forces are destroyed, why is the United States Navy parked comfortably outside of IRGC missile range in the Arabian Sea? Why doesn't the United States Navy just sail straight through the Strait of Hormuz and assert dominance, showing the whole world how weak Iran is?

Because the United States Navy is not stupid and knows their ships will be sunk, unless the IRGC missile corps is removed and that's hard to accomplish without ground troops.

If the United States walks away with Iran controlling the Strait of Hormuz, that's strategic loss. If the United States deploys ground troops to remove the missile batteries to clear the way for forcing the Strait of Hormuz open, the mission will evolve into forced regime change and the United States will be in the war for the next decade.

Donald Trump should have listened to Joe Kent. The only choices left for the United States are quagmire or humiliation. The only way to have won this war was to not fight it in the first place.